Redemption

I've posted elsewhere about how taking away electronic entertainment has been an effective punishment.

Because it's been so effective, I've perhaps been a bit heavy handed with it, and before you know it, I'm taking days away from 2017, which of course is entirely meaningless.

So, we've made it possible (though optional) for them to earn them back.

For the 4 year old, it's a matter of tracing letters, which some days she asks to do anyway, so that's not really much of a punishment for her. As luck would have it, the 4 year old is very motivated by disapproval anyway, so we don't really have problems with her.